Job Description

Career Area: Engineering:Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.When you join Caterpillar, you\'re joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don\'t just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.As Research Senior Associate you will serve as an experienced individual contributor on projects and assignments that are complex in nature and that support and enhance Caterpillar product performance, durability, reliability, quality, and serviceability.This role primarily serves as an individual contributor for welding engineering.Major Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to teams involved in weld engineering initiatives.
• Provide regional welding engineering guidance/support.
• Provide welding inspection support and train weld quality teams.
• Lead or contribute to welding research projects.
• Lead or contribute to welding/material failure analysis and cause analysis report
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary technical teams to provide superior welding process solutions.
• Collaborate with the Caterpillar welding community to develop and implement welding processes.
• Mentor junior welding engineers
• Keep up to date on new technologies in the areas of joining.
• Communicate welding process improvements to the Caterpillar welding community.
• Participate in assessment of factory/supplier weld quality adherence.
• Travelling to supplier and Caterpillar facilities nationally and internationally to support weld inspection activities and weld engineering initiatives.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the Caterpillar welding community.

• Ability to function as an individual contributor or project team leader.
• Ability to network and establish collaborative relationships within Caterpillar.
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills

Basic Requirements:

• Hands on experience in GMAW/FCAW, with the ability to produce high quality welds in plate positions.
• An appropriate technical or university degree combined with a minimum of 8 year of appropriate welding experience / a minimum of 11 years as a Manufacturing Technician, or appropriate equivalent external experience.

• Certified Welding Inspector
• Experience/Certification with non-destructive weld inspection methods
• Knowledge of weld cross sectional examination techniques
• Working knowledge of welding specifications & standards (AWS, ISO/EN, etc.)
• Experience in Welding Engineering or Heavy Steel Fabrication
• Experience with reading prints and GD&T

Top Candidates will also have:

• Experience with welding failure analysis
• Experience with structural weld repair
• Experience with fabrication planning
• Fundamental understanding of structural weld fatigue
• Working knowledge of Caterpillar Production Systems

Posting Dates: July 18, 2024 - July 24, 2024Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).Not ready to apply? Join our .

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